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Topic Antarctic Journal

Common Core Standards W4.4 Produce clear and coherent writing in which the development and organization are appropriate to task, purpose, and audience. W4.5 With guidance and support from peers and adults, develop and strenghten writing as needed by planning, revising, and editing. W.4.8 Recall relevant information from experiences or gather relevant information from print and digital sources; take notes and categorize information, and provide a list of sources.

Student Objectives Students will write an autobiographical newsletter about either a fictional or real experience Students will utilize the writing process to construct well-organized text Students will gather information about an experience should their writing be of a fictitious nature or if further investigation of experience is needed

Additional Readings Utilize Toolkit Texts-available on desktop "Amazing Antarctica" "Dear Mother Earth: An Earthly Advice Column" "Icebergs: Floating Snow Cones"

Paths to Discovery Magazine "Cold, Cold Sciene" pages RA32-RA39 "Wild About Worlds"RA40-RA41"

Resource Links
 * Discovery Education (United Streaming) DatabaseSearch Term:Early Exploration
 * Explorers
 * National Geographic Marco Polo Odyssey
 * My Hero Marco Polo

Activities

Assessments Students' writing will be graded via ELA rubric for writing

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